Gosh, I looked at the blog and realized that I haven’t posted for a while! Do you remember being a kid and it being the first day of school? Having your parents drop you off in your brand new school clothes and your crispy backpack, butterflies in your stomach waiting to see all the friends you have missed all summer! I sure miss “having it easy” by going to school! Well, for our preschoolers it is not much different. They are also nervous to go to a new school! Make it special for them, get a new lunch box, a new outfit or two. Talk to them about preschool in a positive manner, remember they know if you are having anxiety. Always remind them that you will return! The good thing about preschoolers is, they make friends in 5 minutes. They are not judgemental, they do not care what brand clothes the other kid is wearing, and they definetly don’t try to steal lunch money!
Believe me moms and dads, it gets even harder! One of my middle sons starts 6th grade next week and I am a nervous wreck. Oh, I know he will be okay and in a few years when he graduates I will remember back to the day he started preschool, elementry, middle, then high school and wish I could do it all over again!